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A Gift From The Gallowgate Kindle Edition
This is the extraordinary story of a remarkable woman.
Doris Davidson was born in Aberdeen in 1922, the daughter of a master butcher and country lass. Her idyllic childhood was shattered in 1934 with the death of her father, after which, in order to make ends meet, her mother was forced to take in lodgers. In part due to her father's sudden death, Doris left school at fifteen and went to work in an office, gradually rising through the ranks until she became book-keeper. Marriage to an officer in the Merchant Navy followed in 1942, then divorce, then her second marriage. Her life took the first of two major changes in direction at the age of 41, when she went back to college to study for O and A levels, followed by three years at Teacher Training College. In 1967 she became a primary school teacher, and subsequently taught in schools in Aberdeen until she retired in 1982. Not content with a quiet retirement Doris embarked on a new 'career' and became a writer, publishing her first work in 1990. Eight books later (and another one nearly finished), she is one of the country's best-loved romantic novelists and has sold well in excess of 200,000 copies of her books.
In this engaging and candid autobiography, Doris Davidson recounts her growing up in Aberdeen in the '20s and '30's, the war years, her marriage and the unexpected paths her career has followed. With her novelist's skill, she brings into vivid focus a life of rich experience in a book every bit as riveting as her works of fiction.
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherBirlinn
- Publication date10 Dec. 2012
- File size4826 KB
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Doris Davidson was born in Aberdeen in 1922, the daughter of a master butcher and country lass. In 1967 she became a primary school teacher, and subsequently taught in schools in Aberdeen until she retired in 1982 to become a writer, publishing her first work in 1990. Thirteen novels, one collection of short stories and an acclaimed autobiography – A Gift from the Gallowgate – later she was firmly established as one of the country's best-loved romantic novelists. Doris died in June 2012.
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- ASIN : B00ANPMB2C
- Publisher : Birlinn (10 Dec. 2012)
- Language : English
- File size : 4826 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 344 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: 773,604 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 1,831 in Biographies & Memoirs of Authors
- 3,386 in Biographies & Memoirs of Women
- 9,106 in Biographies on Novelist & Playwrights
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- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 June 2019Bought for my mother who is the same vintage as the author and from the same part of the world. It was so nostalgic for her, certainly brought back memories.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 October 2019Bought this as it was recommended by a friend. Still reading it.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 September 2019Fantastic book. Absolutely love Doris Davidson books
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 August 2013Being 'local' - gives a great insight into days gone by, and of course I could relate to much of what Doris wrote about.
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 January 2016Thought I had cancelled book when it came just kept it to save any hassle sending it back
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 August 2014love Doris's books so this giving an insight into her personal life was a truly wonderful read.
hard to put down!!
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 April 2018Very good thank you
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 April 2018Still to be read